The colour of cancer: Fascinating medical scans reveal what tumours look like under fluorescent lights and 3D scans

These colourful pictures reveal the 'colour of cancer' under a range of fluorescent light scans and 3D images.
Lit up in bright colours, the cells appear to make various patterns - hopefully allowing scientists to work out how they spread throughout the human body.
In-depth shots show breast cancer cells resisting treatment and growths associated with pancreatic tumours.
Mutated lung cancer cells, which are beginning to invade surrounding tissue, and bone cancer cells starting to break down tissue can also be seen.
Collated by the National Cancer Institute, the images were taken at a... read more

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